On 07/30/2013 02:16 PM, hasufell wrote:
> And we need MOAR devs
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Gentoo/Staffing_Needs
> 
> so awesome! srsly!
> 
> What many people don't seem to get is: you don't need to be a commit
> monkey doing your 100+ commits per week.
> Our minimum rate of commits is pretty low before you actually are forced
> to retire.
> 
> Better have a lot of devs each one focussing on a few packages than
> having few devs working on the entire tree and messing up things randomly.
> 
> It's not that much work, just some regular attention. You want to join!
> 

(old rant)

I would like to become a developer. I already proxy maintain a few
packages, and have a few more in sunrise that I could take care of. I
could also triage bugs in my spare time.

But, there's no process to do so.

I want to become a dev, what's my next step? There is none. Help out,
and maybe someone will notice you? Ok, I'm on it. Been doing it for
years, and I know several other people in the same situation. It doesn't
work, and recruitment numbers are plummeting.

There needs to be an explicit, documented process. And someone devoted
full-time to mentoring new recruits. I can think of no better long-term
investment of the foundation's money.


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